EDGOOSE, Elizabeth

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• Name	EDGOOSE, Elizabeth
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4309	Edgoose
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

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  EDGOOSE, Elizabeth now STROHMEIER (1852-1944) A Letter to her sister HARRIET RIGGALL on the letterheading of the Aberdeen Greenhouse undated but written on 7 June 1897 according to the text: "Wel I regester this to letter to you so that it will not be lost if the Mail goes through alright Now a bout the property that your money is in there is one part(?) that I am fast with that is the Main ST lot the winter I was sick I got a Mortage af A L WARD Mr JENKINS got it for me I was sorry at the time the money was from Mr WARD as for years he wanted to traid with me for that lot as it is one of the best on Main st and the way things have turned out it seems as though he will geget it I hav done the best I could but I could not pay the Mortage in full I paid the intrest 1.80 the time you sent me the money Also 2.00 dollars on the new bulding that was not any don on it from that time until winter set in this is the causause of all this not being paid I felt sure that you think I hav wasted or spent your money ikn a reckless way but every thing went a gainst until I was out of it and it as been a hard struggle to live and get started in this but we are in a good w way for making up what as been lost the past 4 yeare all we nea is rain and if we dont get it I dont know what will become of us if I could pay WARDs intrest and the taxes wich he paid since he fore closed that was on or about 24 of July las last a as the mortage was due on the 18th wel if I canot pay the intrest we will give you 25 hundred on this place as it is worth a good deal more now we have it irigated, and things from fact we could sel a hundred times as much if we had it so I feel sur if we are spaired with health that all this money will come back to you with intrest the law gives all mortages one year more if the inerest and taxes are all paid thay have to be paid in advance for the (2) year that is given for redemption if this is not don the law gives it to the one that holds the first Mortage so that WARDs is not paid so if I canot pay the intrest and taxes that are due and one year from the time his foreclosure is due iiif this is not don the law gives him possion, but if the intrest and taxes are paid the law gives me one year to redeem it it would take 16 hundred to pay WARD in full or about that there as been several this spring to me who wanted to buy it for the Mortage there is some five or six who want to give what the first Mortage is although the same parties would not sell the same lot for 35.00 Mr PERRY is one of them he would not take that for his at the time he vallued mine at 25.00 if WARD gets the lot he will pay the St Croix lumber co then he will have the whole thing for 9 hundred I got from him 1.80 I paid and ten 10 hundred he will have to pay the lumber co so that will have cost him in cash a little ovrr seventeen 17 hundrred then it will 2.00 hundard to finish it in side then if we have very poor times it will rent from 30 per month and if we have good times it will rent from 50 to 60 pre month, the contract for the bulding was to be 12.00 hundred dollars BRANDIDIS was the man that took the contract the others are the men that worked for him the lumber company paid them then thay claim the bulaing(?) until it is paid if I could pay WARDs intrest the lumber co would finish the building in side and colecect the rent untill the building was paid for then what we have paid would be counted to us know if you could help me to pay the intrest so that would save it and give you ar us a chance to own it it is a valluable peice of property and I am very sorry I could not have done better but RICHARD said that if WARD gets the lot that the 25.00 shall be made over to you on this property it would have taken us much longer to get started but Brother JOHN lent us 50 dollars for seeds or I dont know what we should have don only for that RICHARD got from home last fall 14.00 and 10 dollars and it was paid out untill we had scarcly enough to live on now there is nothing to pay ex cept that from JOHN and this WARD and you, all the property is clear and all taxes paid except the main sereet (sic) lot I wish it was possible for you to raise it for a year it would much better for you to pay WARD and have a deed in your name then you could charge them ground rent you would get 20 peper month for the lot , I would hait to see WARD get it Brother told me we could use the farm if we paid the taxes thay were not paid for a long time I paid last or within one year 27 dollars on that land I have the recpts since 88 we have a nice lot of stuff plante(d) and if we have rain will bring quite a little RICHARD paid taxes ovre 2.60 dollars on other lots that paid all taxes up to date although times have not been very good the town is much improved since you wehere out here to day is 7 of June it is a blizzard of dust and hot that it might be the last of summer I suppose you feel terrobly about your intrest but as soon as we can get established it will not be hard for us to pay some ought a long the only thing is rain and if we dont get soon thire will not be much for us this year I am sure it will not be always dry for I have seen plenty of rain and I belive it will be a gain Well I do wish you you (sic) would write and say what you think in regard to that Main Street property, JIM HAYNES is here he is in the same busness and as big a dude. Mr WARD came to me early in the spring asked me if I thaught I could redeem that lot If I could not he thaught I might as well let him take possion of it then as later as to let it stand as it was it was loosing in value you can see how anxious he is to get it I have lost a great deal but I have not lost any of the property if I loose this it will be the first of the Realestate as soon as we are going in good shape it will not be any trouble to keep up your intrest Rain is all we need and we need it (four words cut off the photopcopy)"